{{Short description|Ship of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=United States |flag={{shipboxflag|United States|1865}} |name= |namesake=Abraham Lincoln |owner= |operator=U.S. Revenue–Marine |registry= |route= |ordered= |awarded= |builder=John F. Fardy and Brother, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.<ref name="RoM403">Record of Movements, p 403</ref> |original_cost={{usd}}165,000<ref name="RoM403" /> |yard_number= |way_number= |laid_down= |launched= |sponsor= |christened= |completed= |acquired= |commissioned=1 September 1865 |recommissioned= |decommissioned=14 April 1874 |maiden_voyage= |in_service= |out_of_service= |renamed= |reclassified= |refit= |struck= |reinstated= |homeport= |identification= |motto= |nickname= |honours= |honors= |captured= |fate=Sold 14 April 1874 and renamed ''San Luis'' |notes=Sunk off San Francisco, California 15 February 1887 |badge= }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption=<ref name="Canney35–36" /> |class= |type= |tonnage= |displacement=550 tons |tons_burthen= |length={{convert|165|ft|m|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|26|ft|m|abbr=on}} |height= |draught= |draft={{convert|10|ft|m|abbr=on}} |depth= |hold_depth= |decks= |deck_clearance= |ramps= |ice_class= |power= |propulsion=steam engine, 1 double oscillating cylinder, {{convert|36|in|cm|abbr=on}} diameter x {{convert|30|in|cm|abbr=on}} stroke |sail_plan=Fore topsail schooner |speed= |range= |endurance= |test_depth= |boats= |capacity= |troops= |complement=Unknown |crew= |time_to_activate= |sensors= |EW= |armament=Unknown |armour= |armor= |aircraft= |aircraft_facilities= |notes= }} }} '''USRC ''Lincoln''''' was a revenue cutter commissioned by the U.S. Revenue–Marine and named in honor of the 16th United States president, Abraham Lincoln.
==Construction== ''Lincoln'' was constructed at Baltimore, Maryland by John F. Fardy and Brother for a total cost of {{usd}}165,000. She was a fore topsail schooner and had steam propulsion by way of one double oscillating cylinder engine with {{convert|36|in|cm|abbr=on}} diameter x {{convert|30|in|cm|abbr=on}} stroke. The engine required a great expenditure of lubricating oil and her undersized boiler required a great expenditure of fuel.<ref name="Evans109–111">Evans, pp 109–111</ref> She had a deck length of {{convert|165|ft|m|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|26|ft|m|abbr=on}}, and a draft of {{convert|10|ft|m|abbr=on}}. ''Lincoln'' was commissioned on 1 September 1865.<ref name="Canney35–36">Canney, pp 35–36</ref>
==History== After commissioning, ''Lincoln'' sailed from Baltimore on 16 September 1865 bound for Port Angeles, Washington where she arrived on 21 May 1866.<ref name="RoM403" /><ref name="Canney35–36" /> Because the federal government needed information about the newly purchased land of Alaska, ''Lincoln'' was dispatched with orders to establish a government office, conduct surveys of the resources, produce accurate charts of the waters and locate a site for a coaling station.<ref name="Evans109–111" /><ref name="Strobridge72–75">Strobridge and Noble, pp 72–75</ref> On 21 July 1867 she sailed for Sitka, Department of Alaska with her regular crew and several government officials and scientists. ''Lincoln'' was the first Revenue–Marine cutter to enter Alaskan waters and enforce federal law.<ref name="Evans106–107">Evans, pp 106–107</ref> After leaving an officer at Sitka to establish a provincial office, they dropped off a Coast Survey crew nearby whose responsibility was to prepare new navigation charts. The cutter's civilian surgeon collected specimens for the Smithsonian Institution while the cutter cruised north and west of Sitka. During the cruise the ''Lincoln's'' crew made surveys, investigated sites for lighthouses and other aids to navigation.<ref name="Evans109–111" /><ref name="King23">King, p 23</ref> After determining that Unalaska would be an ideal site for a coaling station, ''Lincoln'' departed Alaska waters and arrived at Port Angeles on 18 November 1867 having traveled {{convert|6297|mi|km}}.<ref name="RoM403" /><ref name="Strobridge72–75" /> On 7 March 1868, ''Lincoln'' was ordered to San Francisco, California to exchange officers and crews with the cutter {{USRC|Wayanda||2}}. On 18 April 1869 she sailed for Alaska a second time, arriving at Kodiak, Alaska on 11 May. After a summer of patrolling and survey work she returned to the Puget Sound on 19 December 1869. ''Lincoln'''s last Alaska patrol was from 11 June 1870 to 2 August.<ref name="RoM403" /> After 27 September 1870 she patrolled the Puget Sound area until being sold on 14 April 1874. The new owner renamed her ''San Luis'' and she sank off San Francisco on 15 February 1887.<ref name="RoM403" /><ref name="Canney35–36" />
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==References== {{refbegin}} * {{cite web |title=Record of Movements, Vessels of the United States Coast Guard, 1790–December 31, 1933 |url=https://media.defense.gov/2020/Mar/09/2002261298/-1/-1/0/USCG_RECORD_OF_MOVEMENTS.PDF |website=Historic Documents |publisher=U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office | accessdate=2 January 2024 |format=PDF}} * {{cite book|last=Canney|first=Donald L.|title=U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790–1935|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-55750-101-1}} * {{cite book|last=Evans|first=Stephen H.|title=The United States Coast Guard 1790–1915: A Definitive History|year=1949|publisher=Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland}} No ISBN * {{cite book|last=King|first=Irving H.|title=The Coast Guard Expands, 1865–1915: New Roles, New Frontiers|year=1996|publisher=Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-55750-458-6}} * {{cite book |last1=Strobridge |first1=Truman R. |last2=Noble |first2=Dennis L. |title=Alaska and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service 1867–1915 |date=1999 | publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn=978-1-55750-845-4}} {{refend}}
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